gentrify

英 ['dʒentrɪfaɪ] 美 ['dʒentrɪfaɪ]

• n. 修复或改善; 使显得高雅

英英释义

Verb:

1. renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations;

   "gentrify a row of old houses"
   "gentrify the old center of town"
   

经典引文

• We can..feel gentrified as we glance through Gourmet magazine.

  出自： M. Blonsky

• Marcus Savant lived in a gentrified apartment block off Morningside in Harlem.

  出自： C. Bateman

近反义词

【近义词】

• redevelop 重建
• refurbish 刷新
• renovate 修理
• restore 恢复
• improve 改善
• spruce up 打扮(整洁)
• smarten up 变得漂亮
• transform 改变
• do up 修缮 打扮 使整洁,精疲...